Mike Silver of NFL.com moves Seattle up to No. 1 in his weekly NFL power rankings. Said Richard Sherman to Silver:“We have a mindset. We have a standard. There’s a level to this — we strive to play at a certain level. We have a lot of guys that want to be the best, guys who play like they’re the best, and it emanates around our team. We have a lot of guys with a lot of dog in them, and when we play together, it makes us hard to beat.”

Pete Prisco of CBS Sports moves Seattle up to No. 2 in his power rankings. Prisco:“At home, they are downright nasty. That brutal beating of the 49ers serves notice to the rest of the league.”

Pat Kirwan of CBS Sports also ranks Seattle at No. 2. Kirwan:“The Seahawks have given up 10 points in two games and they are not at full strength on defense. Wait until they get Brandon Browner, Bruce Irvin andChris Clemons back. Can anyone go into Seattle and get a win?”

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Gregg Bell joined The News Tribune in July 2014. Bell had been the director of writing for the University of Washington's athletic department for four years. He was the senior national sports writer in Seattle for The Associated Press from 2005-10, covering the Seahawks in their first Super Bowl season and beyond. He's also been The Sacramento Bee's beat writer on the Oakland Athletics and Raiders. The native of Steubenville, Ohio, is a 1993 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and a 2000 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

Yeah, I noticed him taking some uncharacteristically hard shots against the Niners. And I winced with each one. He’s usually very good about avoiding those, but nobody can avoid them all. Nothing fazes him though.

Dukeshire I don’t think you get it. Roethlisberger, may be tough but we can tell he loves the attention/sympathy he gets from seemingly playing thru an injury… that’s what OrrObb was talking about…and I completely agree.

Safety Earl Thomas said the Seahawks eschewed exotic schemes. Seattle blitzed Kaepernick on only five of his 35 dropbacks, according to Pro Football Focus. Kaepernick had a 111.5 passer rating when blitzed. He had an 11.5 rating when the Seahawks didn’t bring extra pressure.

If we can get pressure with only 4 rushers we will dominate. Was very impressed with Bennett/Avril. Can’t wait for Irvin and Clem to return.

Yank – that’s exactly what I’m insinuating. Big Ben is a tough SOB, and an elite QB, but he does seem to milk every little scrape and bruise for all it’s worth. He plays hurt, and he wants everyone to know it.

Re the Cosell article – – that was definitely another great take-away from the game, i.e. the vaunted SF offensive line looked very ordinary against our defense. They couldn’t run the ball at all, and we got plenty of pressure on Kaep. Yes, the home crowd was a major factor, but still that’s a great win over what has been thought to be probably SF’s strongest unit on the team.

I’m not saying I want to see RW get hit. In fact, I would prefer he never get hit. Ever. But I appreciate that he doesn’t whine, grimace, limp, or display pain/discomfort in any way. The fact that he is solid as a rock is confidence inspiring to me as a fan. Hopefully to his teammates as well.

But things will get alot tougher, and we have yet to learn the true impact of the Okung injury. It’s only a toe, however when it comes to leverage and balance, toes are pretty important.

Maybe I was over-reading into Carroll’s comment that “there’s a little bit of a spectrum here that could come to us, with options. We need to wait and see.”

One extreme of that spectrum could be IR. They’ve already used the “IR with the ability to come back this season” on Harvin, didn’t they?

Just trying to keep it real, and have fingers crossed that Okung isn’t hindered for the full season now, or that one of the rookies will come in and add another tick to the JS talent finding legacy.

Something to keep in mind is I’m the opposite of Bi-Polar. My emotional extremes are 20% less than that of the average person. I was thrilled on Sunday night, and tampered by the Okung injury. He’s not hurt, he’s injured.

@OrrOBB: You are correct… if we are in the NFL 2 years ago. Luckily we are not! Each team is given an “IR with designation to return” spot. Meaning they do not count against the roster until week 11 (12?) at which time the team can activate him, or put on season ending IR. Unfortunately for the Hawks, Harvin is in that spot so it can not be used for Okung. So if Okung is IR’d it will be for the season.

Just a throw in here… The Hawks should look at Ware’s ankle injury as a blessing in disguise. It gives them a chance to send him to the IR and not have to waive a player when Bruce comes back. Just a thought

If a player is put on the IR- designate to return list he is out for 8 games. PUP is a minimum of 6 games that can extend to 11 games depending on the status of the player.

Harvin is on the PUP list. Seattle has not used its IR – designate to return option as of yet.

Should they put Okung on IR designate to return he would not be able to return until the November 17th game with the Vikings. As the next week is Seattle’s bye it is very likely they won’t use the designation on Okung until after this weekend. That way Okung has to miss games up to and including the Vikings game and can return for the 12th game of the season December 2, 2013 against the Saints.

My reading between the lines of what has been said is just that. Okung will be listed OUT for this week. The team and the medical staff will have a better idea of where he is early next week. If it looks like it’s a long term situation he goes on IR or IR designate to return next week. Okung is then out until December.

I was going to say yesterday, but I didn’t want to incur the wrath of the ‘don’t worry, be happy’ crowd, at this point the bet should be who we will see on the field first. Okung or Harvin. Too close to call.

Wiscory, Harvin does not count as a IR return usage. Harvin was never on the active roster and therefore could be placed on the PUP with activating him(I believe) sometime during the first half of the season. If they don’t activate him at a certain point then he has to be moved to IR.

I’ll be watching Gore in the next few weeks to see if he has much left in the tank and if not, whether or not Harbaugh replaces him. I’m wondering if the Cinderella clock chimed on him this last off season. If he still has the ability to punish teams, then that will be a better barometer as to how well our DL played Sunday night – which was very well.

I thought PH was PUP’d, that’s why he tweeted for the 12th man to watch for him in week 7 (not 11 or 12)(?) That would make Okung eligible for the IR with possibility to return, but that would mean he couldn’t come back for 2.5 months. I sure hope that’s not what they have in mind…

KLM – you are correct – he is on the PUP, the EARLIEST you could bring anyone back is week 7 if they are on the PUP now, the LATEST you could have them return is week 12 (I think) at that point they either have to be on the active roster or moved to the IR for the remainder of the season.

I know the rules have changed slightly under this agreement but I think this is correct.

“Davis left Sunday night’s game in the middle of the fourth quarter with a hamstring injury, Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com reports. He is not expected to return and finishes his night with three catches for 20 yards.

Spin: Davis was streaking down the sidelines for a long pass and pulled up lame after Richard Sherman intercepted it. He remained on the sidelines with an icepack wrap but will be re-evaluated first thing Monday to see the extent of the injury.”

It was really nice to watch the fact that we were able to get pressure on Kaep all night – didn’t always get home but they were making him uncomfortable. If we can continue to do that it will be a LONG season for QB’s

next we will see if we can get pressure when we are on the road like we can at home. I loved how they were moving guys around pre- snap and picking a spot to rush from right before the snap.

The W/L numbers are kinda interesting so far. In week 1 there were 16 games, 16 winners (1-0) and 16 losers (0-1). That had to be (unless somebody tied.) In week 2 there were 16 games, 16 winners and 16 losers; with half of the 16 teams that won in week 1 also winning in week 2 (2-0); and half of the 16 teams that lost in week 1 also losing in week 2 (0-2); leaving half of all NFL teams at 1-1.

How many of the 2-0 teams will remain undefeated, and how many of the losing teams will be winless at the end of week 3? Half, again, or something less? Will half the 1-1 teams become 2-1 and half 1-2?

We would have had more sacks if it wasn’t for Kaep’s scrambling ability. The guy is a real threat. I’m anxious to see our ability to sack the qb with some of the less mobile qb’s coming up – Henne, Schaub, Luck, Palmer combined with Clem and Irvin returning

Sunday nights win by the Hawks was just impressive at every level. For the people, who saw the Niner/Green Bay game last week but not much of the Hawk/Panthers game and blew us off, this is a wake up call, the invincible Niners of a week ago just got bitch slapped.
“Legion of Boom” coming to a stadium near you!

LVHawk–Luck is a very mobile qb. I believe he’s faster than Russell Wilson–he just plays in a system that doesnt require him to run often. He’s not going to be easy to sack. Palmer, Henne, and Schaub should be good for some sackage though!

Agree Seahawkfan78.
Luck was one of the most sacked QBs last year.
He’s not as fast as Wilson, however he is fast enough to do some damage if they ever allow him to run. Definitely not as quick as Wilson.

STTBM – I understand your comment about Luck. Mainly I was commenting on the difference between CK and the next quarterbacks we’ll face. I didn’t include Locker because of his scrambling ability. Now that you bring it up – I do remember Luck killing the Dawgs with his running so you do have a point!

Luck gets sacked because his line isnt great, and he is in an offense that emphasizes passing from the pocket. Last year he was sacked so much mostly due to his coach–Arians, who is gone to AZ–so I expect him to be sacked much less this year. He’s not running the same offense this year.

He’s pretty fast too, although his unofficial 40 time of 4.59 didnt hold, they gave him an official time of 4.67 to Russel Wilson’s 4.55. So I was wrong there. I still think he can run the ball pretty well.

LVHawk–You are right that all of these guys will be much easier to chase down than Kaepernick, who is fast as hell.

BTW- Luck is on pace to get sacked 56 times this season, so I doubt Luck will be sacked much less this season since he was sacked 41 times last season. Especially having to face the 49ers this week and facing the Seahawks two weeks later.

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